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Estes, W. K., Ed. – 1978
This book concludes a six-volume review of research and theory on learning and cognition. Its six chapters cover the following topics: theories of semantic memory, comprehension and memory of text, coding processes in memory, perceptual learning from reading, speech perception, and the organization and core concepts of learning theory and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Research
O'Leary, Daniel – 1977
Studies investigating the functioning of persons who have cerebral lesions and evidence from the study of commisurotomized and normal subjects are reviewed. A study of recognition of pictorial stimuli by right-handed male children is also discussed. Studies about cerebral lesions and associated deficits have yielded information about the…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Sheridan, E. Marcia – 1978
Recent studies on schema theory and other concepts related to reading comprehension are discussed in this paper. Noting that the psycholinguistic model of reading views reading as a process of predicting meaning based on the reader's prior knowledge of language, the paper describes recent research that has led to a definition of reading…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education